Home wiring work now requires a ministry licence

By The Nation

 

Anyone whose work involves installing household power cables and electrical systems are now required to obtain a licence from the Labour Ministry.
 

Minister Gen Sirichai Disthakul on Thursday announced the new amendment to the Skilled Labour Promotion Act.

It requires all electrical technicians to be regulated and certified by the ministry.

 

Sirichai said that, as of Wednesday, 70,829 technicians had passed a test and been licensed to work as household electricians.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30326034

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-09-07

You mean they did not require any certification before??   

 

That explains a lot.

PEA does a decent job of keeping the juice flowing to the house. But that is where troubles can begin. Thai shortcuts in construction sometimes make sense. But not with electricity. A good electrician for home use is difficult to find.

Edited September 7, 20178 yr by missoura

wonder how much it costs???

Does this mean they are all going to start carrying DVM's now instead of a voltage pen and a croc clip ?

Just now, SirBuwanaDogbossKing said:

wonder how much it costs???

 100 Baht if you pass the test. 500 Baht if you don't

Hmmmm wonder if the test goes any further than wiring a two pin plug....

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Yada,yada,yada,no one will worry about this.

17 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

Yada,yada,yada,no one will worry about this.

Sadly I suspect you are 100% correct

 

You read it here first

 

 

So, for the next question, does anyone know what these licences actually look like?

 

I'm sure the Thai public would really like to know.

 

When will I be able to buy one in KSR? (if I can't already)

Slamming the stable door shut after the horse has bolted as far as this recent thread on the Eastern Thailand Forum is concerned, though:-

 

 

Just now, OJAS said:

lamming the stable door shut after the horse has bolted as far as this recent thread on the Eastern Thailand Forum is concerned, though:-

and many, many more too

 

The horse hasn't just bolted, it's over the horizon and enjoying life with its grandkidsfoals.

 

But at least something is being done, slowly we are heading in the right direction.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Sirichai said that, as of Wednesday, 70,829 technicians had passed a test and been licensed to work as household electricians.

Even blind techicians passed the test.

The questions on the test:

• What's the difference between a red and black coloured cable? Answer: The colour !!!
• What's the difference between a red and blue coloured cable? Answer: The colour !!!
• What's the difference between a blue and black coloured cable? Answer: The colour !!!
• How do you know the installation is working? Answer: Throw over the switch !!!
• And the most difficult question on the test: What's your name? 

Passed when completing 20% of the answers....

 

 

The test should include how to do a proper electrical grounding. Nailing the ground cable to the wooden window frame should be an instant fail.

2 minutes ago, kotsak said:

The test should include how to do a proper electrical grounding. Nailing the ground cable to the wooden window frame should be an instant fail.

That's probably not covered until they get to the advanced test! 

Well, at least we know who to blame in future if we pay for shoddy electrical work.  The Ministry!   Oh well, dream on.

200 THB and you can become a certified sparky,

will it be a regressive thing ,where all the guys now masquerading

as electricians are just give a pass,couple month ago had two A/c

installed,the original earth wires from the old units were just 

hidden behind the unit,not attached to anything.Thais don't seem to like  3 wires.

 

I did find a good sparky years ago ,rewired a whole house we 

renovated,so they may be a few good ones around,but the exception.

regards worgeordie

9 hours ago, webfact said:

as of Wednesday, 70,829 technicians had passed a test

So since yesterday 70.000 already passed the test...And how many failed to pass? I guess none.

 

70.000 in one day is quite a lot me thinks...

1 hour ago, PAIBKK said:

Even blind techicians passed the test.

The questions on the test:

• What's the difference between a red and black coloured cable? Answer: The colour !!!
• What's the difference between a red and blue coloured cable? Answer: The colour !!!
• What's the difference between a blue and black coloured cable? Answer: The colour !!!
• How do you know the installation is working? Answer: Throw over the switch !!!
• And the most difficult question on the test: What's your name? 

Passed when completing 20% of the answers....

 

 

... hoho, that's extensive testing already, what could possibly go wrong?

If you add just another question:

 

What cable do you cut, blue, black or red one? Answer: Hello? Red, always red! Everyone knows that!!! 

 

... you can even use it for the bomb squad too. 

2 hours ago, kotsak said:

The test should include how to do a proper electrical grounding. Nailing the ground cable to the wooden window frame should be an instant fail.

...unless there's a provision made to water the window frame regularly.

5 hours ago, missoura said:

PEA does a decent job of keeping the juice flowing to the house. But that is where troubles can begin. Thai shortcuts in construction sometimes make sense. But not with electricity. A good electrician for home use is difficult to find.

 

PEA does what now? 

 

The moobahn yabaa heads forgot to pay their bill so the local PEA lifted their meter. Never mind that their meter was the only one holding the meter mounting plank together. Now I have this tribute to PEA engineering prowess outside my gate every morning.

 

5 hours ago, Crossy said:

So, for the next question, does anyone know what these licences actually look like?

 

I'm sure the Thai public would really like to know.

 

When will I be able to buy one in KSR? (if I can't already)

Here you go 

6 hours ago, Crossy said:

So, for the next question, does anyone know what these licences actually look like?

 

I'm sure the Thai public would really like to know.

 

When will I be able to buy one in KSR? (if I can't already)

I expect they will be available in 7/11 soon.

 

What's the punishment for using a non certificated electrician?

Guy who installed my shower didn't even hang the shower unit level. Also, the off light around the temperature dial is green and the on light is red. I can't imagine why a company would have that for their showers. 

7 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Guy who installed my shower didn't even hang the shower unit level. 

He had odd flip-flops on that day

Do you really think "certified electrician" do everything right ?

ny gf has moved to a new townhouse and asked me to do some adding to it. 

When I opened the breaker box I saw some 1.5 wires with 25A breaker and a few 1.5 wires to 40A breakers❗️

New townhouse in mooban by certified electrician ❓nothing guranteed.

 

Edited September 8, 20178 yr by Foozool

15 hours ago, Muhendis said:

I expect they will be available in 7/11 soon.

 

What's the punishment for using a non certificated electrician?

Death by electrocution probably.

 

Oh, wait...

Edited September 8, 20178 yr by NanLaew

On 9/7/2017 at 2:21 PM, OJAS said:

Slamming the stable door shut after the horse has bolted as far as this recent thread on the Eastern Thailand Forum is concerned, though:-

 

 

Never heard of anyone that has been electrocuted and lived ....electric shock maybe but electrocuted is pretty final 

In addition to the licence requirement, I learned today that from Sept. 1st all consumer meters must be within 40 metres of the dwelling. I presume this only applies to new installations because when I pointed out that my meter needed to be moved because it is 1km from my house I was told by our local PEA engineer it was ok.